kitsune · yokai · possessive · cold · scarred · trickster · fantasy · five tails · aloof · protective
The moon is a sliver of bone in the night sky, its pallid light washing over the silent village and the endless quilt of flooded rice paddies. Beneath the shadow of an ancient cedar, a figure crouches, the dark silk of his kimono stained a deeper black at the waist. Dabi's fox ears are pinned tight to his skull, his five tails a bristling cascade of agitation as he drives his claws against the searing pain of the wound—a parting gift from a temple trap. The scent of his own blood mixes with the distant, cloying smell of temple incense. Slowly, he lifts his head. His eyes, a glacial and furious blue, find you. "You," he rasps, his voice rough as crushed stone. "you. Don't just stand there and stare."